Biography of Musica Bella Orchestra member Alfiya Koval

Alfiya Koval, violin, was born in Uszno Sachalinsk, Russia, and moved to the Ukraine in 1961. She has studied at the Kiev College of Music, where her teacher was A. Sachuk, and at the Kharkov College of Art, where her teacher was U. Uriev. She played in a chamber orchestra conducted by J. Pahaluk in the Ukraine, and in the Ukrainian folk music orchestra “Ross” in Kiev. She moved to the USA in 2000 and plays with the Ukrainian folk music group “Galichany.” Musica Bella concerts: June 2, 2002; October 13, 2002; December 8, 2002; March 23, 2003; May 18, 2003; June 21, 2003; November 30, 2003; February 29, 2004; May 2, 2004; October 24, 2004; January 30, 2005; March 13, 2005; October 30, 2005; January 22, 2006; March 26, 2006; June 17, 2006; June 18, 2006; July 8, 2006; February 18, 2007; April 15, 2007; May 5, 2007; May 6, 2007; December 1, 2007 This bio last updated May 2002.